The image-processing system for the Earth Resources Technology Satellite.

Abstract

Description of the image-processing system for the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), which will process video-tape recordings received from the satellite into imagery and digitized video data suitable for earth-resource study and analysis. The system is made up of three subsystems. The bulk processor produces 70-mm images and digitized records, corrected for systematic geometric and radiometric errors as well as for sensor-calibration and other errors. The precision processor modifies the bulk images to significantly increase geometric precision. The special processor transfers either bulk or precision data to computer-compatible tape.